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s. B; JENKrNs Dec. 16, 1947.

CONTAINER Filed NQv. 23, 1944 Patented Dec. 16, 1947 AUNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE CONTAINER Stanley B. Jenkins, Boston, Mass.

Application November 23, 1944, Serial No. 564,874

1 claim. l

My present invention relates to containers and more particularly to acombination container for toilet articles suchas tooth powder and atooth brush.

The principal object of my invention is an im` proved combinationcontainer;

Another object is a combination container having two or morecompartments having a com mon swivel cover;

Still another object is a combination container having a common swivelcover which is connected to a removable top member which acts as a tightcover to one of said compartments when the said cover is in a closedposition, and

Other objects and novel features comprising the construction andoperation of my invention will be apparent as the description of thesame progresses.

In the drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the container;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, I indicates the maincompartment of the container and II indicates a second compartment. Bothcompartments I0 and II are preferably to register with the opening I1 sothat powder or other contents located in the compartment I0 may beshaken out. Also the pivoted portion of the cover I4a. closes the top ofthe opening to the made as a single unit, such as a plastic molding.

Compartment I0 is designed to hold tooth powder while compartment II maybe used to hold a tooth brush. It will be noted that compartment Il isventilated at the top by means of the openings l2 and at the bottom bythe openings I3, the said openings making it possible for air tocirculate up around any article in the compartment II, as the case maybe. At I4 I have indicated a cover portion which is composed of acylindrical portion I5 which fits snugly in the upper open end of thecompartment I0. Pivoted by means of the screw I6 to the top surface ofthe portion I5 of the cover I4 is an upper portion Illa of the cover.Also located in the por- 'tion I5 is .an-opening I'I which is designedto be closed when the pivoted portion I4a of the cover I4 is in thepositions shown in Figs. 1 and 3 but when the pivoted portion Ida isswung around to the proper position the opening I8 may be madecompartment II when the cover is in the closed position, as shown in thedrawings.

The entire top cover member comprising I4, Illa and I5 may be drawn upout of the compartment Il) when it is desired to open this compartmentto rell the container or for other purposes.

It is also quite apparent that while I have de scribed the container foruse with tooth powder and a tooth brush yet any other suitable articlesmay be substituted therefor and still be covered in the spirit of theinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as neW is:

An improved dispenser container for tooth brushes and tooth powdercomprising a unitary casing separately housing said tooth brushes andsaid tooth powder, a removable closure member located in the upper endof the powder portion of the casing, an outlet port located in saidclosure, an upper swivel cover member pivoted to said closure and havingan outlet port, said swivel cover having an extensionportion coveringthe top of said tooth brush portion of said casing, the outlet ports onsaid closure and said swivel cover being out of register when the saidtooth brush portion of said casing is closed, means for Ventilating saidtooth brush portion of said cas- STANLEY B. JENKINS.

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